EXPERIMENTS IN THE CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES.— VIII. 



Potatoes — Castleton Gahdens. 



^3^11168 ofPotsttOGS grown flit CftstlC" 

 f.an (rflrf^fina^lfi PotatiOes of each^ 



Date of Planting 



First appearance above Ground. 



Days from Planting 



Date wheu tops were dead. Potatoes 

 ready to dig. 



' Days from Planting. 



Number of sets planted. 



Number of sets lifted. 



Number of Saleable Potatoes. 



Weight of Saleable Potatoes. 



Gross Weight of Potatoes 



Total Weight of Potatoes lifted. 



Max. temp, during time Potatoes 

 1 were in ground. 



Min. temp, during time Potatoes were 

 in ground. 



1 



Rainfall. 



Number of days rain fell 





















ozs. 



ozs. 



lbs ozs. 











Sutton's Lady Truscott 



14.2 



25.2 



11 



4.5 



79 



21 



18 



1 5 



3 7 



5 5 



6 04 



73.3 



63.4 



4.65 



25 



Sutton's Magnum Bonum 



14.2 



1.3 



15 



29.5 



104 



25 



23 



1 5 



2 4 



5 2 



7 08 



74.2 



61.7 



17.67 



44 



Sutton's Triumph 



14.2 



28.2 



U 



6 5 



81 



22 



20 



2.2 



5 



7 8 



9 12 



73 6 



63.4 



6.76 



27 



Sutton's Reading Hero 



14.2 



25.2 



11 



29.6 



104 



22 



16 



0.8 



2 



3 



3 00 



74.2|6l 7 



17.67 



44 



Edgecote Purple 



14.2 



3.3 



17 



29.5 



104 



22 



18 



1.0 



1 3 



2 2 



2 08 



74 2 61.7 



17.67 



44 



Sutton's Matchless 



14.2 



25.2 



11 



4.6 



79 



26 



24 



2.0 



3 5 



6 8 



JO 04 



73.3 63.4 



4.65 



25 



The Dean 



14.2 



2.3 



16 



29.5 



104 



20 



18 



1.6 



2 2 



2 6 



3 00 



74.2 61.7 



17.67 



44 



Sutton's Supreme 



14.2 



25.2 



11 



29 5 



104 



29 



24 



2.08 



4 



7 1 



10 12 



74.2 61.7 



17,67 



44 



Sutton's Fiftyf old 



14.2 



28.2 



14 



29.6 



104 



28 



28 



2 2 



6 5 



9 5 



16 12 



74.2 61 .7 



17.67 



44 



Rivers' Royal Ashleaf 



14.2 



6.3 



20 



6 5 



81 



28 



22 



2.0 



2 3 



4 7 



6 08 



73.5 63.4 



6.76 



27 



Schoolmaster (Turner) 



14.2 



1.3 



16 



16.5 



91 



27 



25 



1 7 



2 8 



4 3 



6 12 



74.8 63.8 



8.96 



33 



Sutton's Red-Skin Flonrball 



14.2 



2.3 



16 



29.5 



104 



21 



20 



1.05 



2 8 



4 



4 08 



74.2 61.7 



17.67 



44 































E. 



J.C. 



Potatoes— Hope Garden?. 



Names of Potatoes grown at Hope 

 Gardens (16 Potatoes of each) 



Date of Planting. 



First appearance above ground. 



Days from Planting. 



Date when tops were dead and Pota- 

 toes ready for diiging. 



Days from Planting. 



\ Number of sets planted. 



Number of sets lifted. 



Number of Saleable Potatoes per set. 



Total number of Potatoes per set. 



Weight of Saleable Potatoes per set. 



Gross weight of Potatoes per set. 



Total weight of Potatoes lifted. 



Max. temp, during lime Potatoes 

 were in ground. 



Rainfall. 



Number of days on which rain fell. 























ozs. 



ozs. 



lbs. 









Sutton's Flourball 



27.1.93 



13.2.93 



17 



4.5.93 



97 



21 



17 



1.6 



2.4 



5.6 



6.1 



6^ 



94.4 



1.70 



8 



" Abundance ..: 



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4.5.93 





24 



20 



3.5 



6.5 



7.6 



8.8 



11 



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22 



22 



2.6 



5.8 



5.3 



6.5 



9 





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" Perfection 



u 







4.5.93 





18 



13 



2.0 



3.0 



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" Best of All 



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4.5.93 





28 



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4.5.93 





12 



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5.2 



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4.5.93 





19 



16 



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Reading Russett 



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4.5.93 





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4.5.93 





26 



24 



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4.5.93 





28 



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16 



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4.5.93 





30 



27 



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8.8 



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White Beauty of Hebron 



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4.5.93 





30 



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32 



31 



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4.5.93 





34 



34 



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Triumph 





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4.5.93 





30 



30 



2.7 



4.6 



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30 



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Windsor Castle 



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32 



32 



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Nonsuch 



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30 



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4.6.93 





30 



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Early Rose ...( 



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4.6.93 





28 



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N.B.— Although there was not much rain, the Potatoes were irrigated with waste water. About J of a chain of land 

 yielded Potatoes to the value of more than ^l, W. 0, 



